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English Dictionary: suspect by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suspect
adj
  1. not as expected; "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"
    Synonym(s): fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspicious
n
  1. someone who is under suspicion
  2. a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law; the person being sued or accused
    Synonym(s): defendant, suspect
    Antonym(s): complainant, plaintiff
v
  1. imagine to be the case or true or probable; "I suspect he is a fugitive"; "I surmised that the butler did it"
    Synonym(s): suspect, surmise
  2. regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
    Synonym(s): distrust, mistrust, suspect
    Antonym(s): bank, rely, swear, trust
  3. hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; "The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspect \Sus*pect"\, n. [LL. suspectus. See {Suspect}, a.]
      1. Suspicion. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
  
                     So with suspect, with fear and grief, dismayed.
                                                                              --Fairfax.
  
      2. One who, or that which, is suspected; an object of
            suspicion; -- formerly applied to persons and things; now,
            only to persons suspected of crime. --Bacon.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suspected}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Suspecting}.]
      1. To imagine to exist; to have a slight or vague opinion of
            the existence of, without proof, and often upon weak
            evidence or no evidence; to mistrust; to surmise; --
            commonly used regarding something unfavorable, hurtful, or
            wrong; as, to suspect the presence of disease.
  
                     Nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know
                     little; and therefore men should remedy suspicion by
                     procuring to know more.                     --Bacon.
  
                     From her hand I could suspect no ill. --Milton.
  
      2. To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without
            proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation.
  
      3. To hold to be uncertain; to doubt; to mistrust; to
            distruct; as, to suspect the truth of a story. --Addison.
  
      4. To look up to; to respect. [Obs.]
  
      Syn: To mistrust; distrust; surmise; doubt.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspect \Sus*pect"\, a. [L. suspectus, p. p. of suspicere to
      look up, admire, esteem, to look at secretly or askance, to
      mistrust; sub under + specere to look: cf. F. suspect
      suspected, suspicious. See {Spy}, and cf. {Suspicion}.]
      1. Suspicious; inspiring distrust. [Obs.]
  
                     Suspect [was] his face, suspect his word also.
                                                                              --Chaucer.
  
      2. Suspected; distrusted. [Obs.]
  
                     What I can do or offer is suspect.      --Milton.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Suspect \Sus*pect"\, v. i.
      To imagine guilt; to have a suspicion or suspicions; to be
      suspicious.
  
               If I suspect without cause, why then make sport at me.
                                                                              --Shak.
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